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Saturday, April 28, 2012

The Mad Musical World of Mel Henke - La Dolce Henke (1962)

In 1952, Mel Henke was a commercial industry composer and songwriter who came up with this sweet little jingle for Chevrolet:


Ten years later, the "swingin' 60's" were in full effect when Mel released a very swingin' (in more ways than one) album called La Dolce Henke. Here, he gathered plenty of his friends from the world of commercial jingles - musicians, voice actors, singers, Foley artists - and composed a poppy Cocktail Jazz album full of innuendo, naughty winks and nudges, wacky sound effects, and plenty of moaning ladies.


This is the album that Austin Powers would have recorded if he were a musician/real person. 


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